Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-10

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first stages of reform party. People
should cllng 10 their power, and not del
egate it 20 committees or cliques. Ger
tain gentlemen in Fort Worth had long
been doing the thinking for Tarrant
county, out he wished each individual
would do his own thinking. He was an
! orphan himself, and had no political pa
rents.
Mr. Imb0den favored the amendment,
and feared no trickery or rascality. Peo-
/ pie who are il earnest should
be honest, and nc was willing TO
trust to the honesty of the people.
| For his parL ne did not expect and could
! not accept pTefyrmeut 81 the hands OF
/ that convention. lie could not attend #
/ ne would, aud did not wsnt 70 attend ii
| he could, on account of his youth and in
experience. lie believed the motion vas
/ directed pointediy st tee professional
politician, and hence be favored il. To
select delegation from those present,
would be q grave injustice 20 that vast
! body Of hCnets farmers in the country
whose crops prevented them from AZ
! tending the meeting, but whose hearts
/ were with US. He wanted q committee
I that would select delegates, not alone
+ from the town, but from among those old
warriors who were at present engaged in
saving their crops. It was for the pur-
/ pose Of smashing preconcerted states ana
/ TO obtain fair representation Shat he
! spoke.
Mr.. Cobb explained the object of his
motion. II was in order that g pTactica-
/ Die method OF selecting delegates should
| be adopted. If every one voted
heller SHELTER without and nomina-
/ tions or recommendations by q
committee scarcely any one would
be able to vote inteIligeatly. Sew
eral substitutes were offered and with
/ drawn and finally the motion was amended
authorizing the committee 10 select
1 twelve alternates snd twelve delegates TO
| be ratified by the convention. Consider
able sparriDg was done, in which Messrs.
! ImbOden and BToiles clSshed their shields
| together somewhat vigorously. The
! modeSt(?) young man seemed to have the
t1mest grip on the situation and His
Honor magnanimously acknowledged the
corn and withdrew the irritating remark.
/ The chair appointed the following COM
mittee to select delegates: John Zinn,
/ John Mcclure, Burril Johnson, W. NJ.
Polk, q. +. King, a. Kruse and a. D.
! Dutz
While the committee was out deliber-
ating, Secretary Tanning wss called on
to make few remarks. The fragile lit
! tie secretary would have complied and
! doubtless would have smote the circum-
! smDient ether with q succession OF
/ dOuble-bressted words, but he gracefully
/ yielaed and lost his opportunity by per
hitting the question Of county executive
members TO rudely rob the audience Of
/ fire speech. The question OF selecting 81
executive committee had come into the
( hall loaded for bear II opened up the
/ old sore OF delegated authority, despot!c
mInOrities, TsilTuGding and hurreh work in
the selection of members. The question
was temp9rstiiy passed, while the dele
gates selected by the committee were
announced and ratified by the con
vention:
DELEGATES.
Captsin Sam Evans, J. D. Farmer, B.
T. LatimeT, j. E. Pulliam, Eiihu Newton,
B. Z. Dwiggins, Ben Mccullough, n. D.
Priest, ". II. Burkett, Tom Clarke, j. b.
Askew, BuTTil Johnson and Lucas
Handley.
ALTERNATKs.
Messrs MattoGk, Russell, L. II.
Stephens, John Hudson, J. E. Martin,
, Thomas Bush, A. D. DiltZ, w. L. Robin
sen, W. B. Cobb, ". z. Tanning, w. +.
Henderson and Rily Haywood.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
After q considerable Oratorical contest
between several members, the chair ap
pointed the following executive commit
tee: Captain Evans, L. II. Stephens, W.
f. Tanning, George Hill, J, B. Cobb, B.
F. baltimore, Hugh Moore, John
Morris, John Hudson, Professor Mat
took, J. Z. Pullaim.
On motion Judge J. Z. Martin was
added to tae committee as chairman.
After several complimentary motions
had been carried the meeting adjourned.
The members seem to have entered the
fight for the summer and seem deter
mined on carrying on an aggressive cam
paign from the start.